diff --git a/build/doc.sh b/build/doc.sh
index 961c59684..32177f837 100755
--- a/build/doc.sh
+++ b/build/doc.sh
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ split-and-render() {
 
   local css_files="$web_url/base.css $web_url/manual.css $web_url/toc.css $web_url/language.css $web_url/code.css"
 
-  doctools/split_doc.py \
+  PYTHONPATH='.:vendor' doctools/split_doc.py \
     -v build_timestamp="$TIMESTAMP" \
     -v oil_version="$OIL_VERSION" \
     -v css_files="$css_files" \
diff --git a/devtools/types.sh b/devtools/types.sh
index 4f4553eae..a807ba706 100755
--- a/devtools/types.sh
+++ b/devtools/types.sh
@@ -61,13 +61,20 @@ check-mycpp() {
 }
 
 check-doctools() {
-  local -a files=(
-    $(for x in doctools/*.py; do echo $x; done | grep -v '_test.py' )
-    lazylex/html.py
-  )
+  if false; then
+    local -a files=(
+      $(for x in doctools/*.py; do echo $x; done | grep -v '_test.py' )
+      lazylex/html.py
+    )
+  else
+    #local -a files=( lazylex/html.py )
+    #local -a files=( doctools/help_gen.py )
+    local -a files=( doctools/ul_table.py lazylex/html.py )
+  fi
+
   # 777 errors before pyann
   # 583 afterward
-  local -a flags=( --py2 --no-strict-optional --strict )
+  local -a flags=( --py2 --no-strict-optional --strict --follow-imports=silent )
   #local -a flags=( --py2 --no-strict-optional )
 
   set -x
diff --git a/doctools/util.py b/doctools/util.py
index f78487a2b..986913137 100644
--- a/doctools/util.py
+++ b/doctools/util.py
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
 
 import sys
 
-# many tools import this, causes ImportError
-# the oilshell.org/ repo also imports this
-#from typing import Any
+# Note: from typing import Any causes ImportError when PYTHONPATH is not .:vendor
+# So we import from vendor.typing which is a little inconsistent
+from vendor.typing import Any
 
 
 def log(msg, *args):
-    # disabled type: (str, Any) -> None
+    # type: (str, Any) -> None
     if args:
         msg = msg % args
     print(msg, file=sys.stderr)